I for one am heartily sick of people thinking that anyone can teach just because it involves, as they see it, standing in front of a class of kids and spouting forth.
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Paper work, by Terry Freedman
Book review bulletin 1
I’ve recently reviewed four ed tech-related books. Here are links to them. They are: Teachers vs Tech? * How charts lie * Little quick fix: finding the theme in your data * Hello world: how to be human in the age of the machine
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Should all learning take place in the cloud?
Covid-19: Is an online school the answer?
Would an online-only school be a feasible proposition for all pupils?
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A Minor Harp, by Terry Freedman
Leaders are like harp players
The best leaders I’ve come across do not constantly interfere. They are not there “playing notes”, trying to show you how brilliant they are.
Read MoreMy audio files experiment
Around 2007 I had a widget embedded in my blog that enabled me to convert the text to an audio file. That stopped working. I’m trying out another one now, and here are my initial results.
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You’re going on a journey now, so document it. Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay
Covid19: Document it!
Looking on the bright side, if you have started teaching your classes online, or setting work for your pupils online, this forced closure of many schools is a great opportunity to carry out some research.
Read MoreCovid19: Why I’m continuing as normal
Recently I have been wrestling with my conscience: should I continue to write my usual kind of blog posts, which often assume that teachers reading it are physically in school or some other educational setting, or not?
Read MorePromoting Educational Technology: What we can learn from business
In this article I draw on the example of how one company's approach to getting repeat business may hold lessons for the ed tech leader whose job it is to encourage the use of education technology throughout the school.
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Book review: Leaders Eat Last
Most of us have worked for all kinds of leaders, some good, some bad, some outstanding, others dismal, plus the odd one or two whose presence or absence appears to make no difference at all. But what makes someone a great leader?
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Danger, by Terry Freedman
The Ofsted Inspection Framework
Here are some links to information about the Ofsted inspection framework.
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Review: The School Fundraising Handbook
One of the chief banes of my life as a head of computing in a comprehensive school was acquiring enough money to develop the subject and to improve the experience of using education technology for everyone across the school. I only wish this book had been available when I needed it most.
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FutureSource Review of Bett2020
Bett2020: The FutureSource Report
With very insightful commentary on the trends spotted, this report is well worth downloading.
Read MoreBett2020: Safeguarding
Some time ago I compiled a list of ways in which pupils could be unsafe online. The list was extremely long….
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Bett 2020, by Terry Freedman
Bett2020 Neo Learning Management System
Reflections on the Neo Learning Management System, and on implementing a learning management system in general.
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Terry catching up -- or trying to! By Terry Freedman
Articles update
So many articles (to write), so little time! I’m in the process of writing up my experience of the Bett Show this year: products and reflections. It’s going to take me a while to do, even after setting myself a limit of 100 words per article. So, in the meantime, are a few pieces to be getting on with
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Gantt chart, by Terry Freedman
Project management: the pink slip problem
When you decide to implement a new way of doing things, or a new learning management system, say, or any other major change, you will need to consult with other people at some point. But who?
Read MoreBett2020 The scalability problem (part 2)
The issue of scalability is not confined to cost considerations, but time as well.
Read MoreBett2020: The scalability problem (part 1)
Walking around the Bett Show and looking at products and services, I was reminded (as ever) of the need to keep scalability in mind.
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Bett 2020 Day 1, by Terry Freedman
Bett Seminars in the morning of Day 3 of Bett 2020
Here’s a quick reminder of the seminars I thought looked interesting in the morning of Day 3 of Bett 2020.
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Virtual Reality Headset, by Terry Freedman
A good application of Virtual Reality (I think)
Using the MEL VR headset and software at Bett2020, I entered the molecule of a diamond, followed by that of a pencil.
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